A man killed in a road collision in Co Down has been named as Patrick Lively.

Police launched a murder inquiry today after a teenager was stabbed to death in a seaside town in the North.

A man was charged with attempted murder tonight following a samurai sword attack at a seaside amusement arcade.

A man was slashed with a Samurai sword inside a seaside amusement arcade, police said today.

Security sources in the North have blamed dissident republicans for planting a large bomb in Newcastle, Co Down, yesterday.